Bill  No.  21.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENtTvTIV^S.— February  5th,  1863.  Read 
first  and  second  times,  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means, 
and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Swan.] 


J^    BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  provide  an  export  duty  on  Cotton  and  To- 
bacco exported  from  the  Confederate  States  to  the  ports  or  in  the 
ships  of  any  foreign  country  which  has  not  recognized  the  inde- 
pendence of  the  Confederate  States. 

1  Section  1 .    T/ie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact.  That  upon  all  cotton  and  tobacco  exported  from  the  Con- 

3  federate  States  of  America  to  the  ports  or  in  the  ships  of  any 

4  foreign  country  whose  government  has  not  formally  recognized 

5  the  independence  of  the  Confederate  States,  there  shall  be  paid 

6  into  the  treasury  of  the  Confederate  States  an  export   duty,  to 

7  wit :   On   every  pound  of  ra\t  cotton,  a  duty  of  forty  cents,  in 

8  addition  to  the  duty  now  provided  by  law  by  the  act  approved 

9  February  28,   1861,  entitled  an   act  to    "raise  money  for  the 

10  support  of  the  government  and  to  provide  for  the  defence  of  the 

11  Confederate  States  of  America." 


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12  On  every  pound  of  spun  cotton  40  cents. 

13  On  every  pound  of  tobacco  25  cents. 

1  Sec.  2.  The  duty  provided  for  by  this  act  shall  be  payable  ia 

2  treasury  notes  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  shall  be  collected 

3  under  rules  and  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of 

4  the  Treasury. 

1  Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  continue  in  force  during  the  existing 

2  war  with  the  United  Spates. 


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